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On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, opening a long-awaited second front in western Europe. Explore this turning point in World War II through the oral histories, diaries, and paintings of those who lived it.

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The movie The Pianist is set in Holocaust-era Warsaw and tells the remarkable story of Polish-Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman. Hunger and hiding, resistance both spiritual and violent, conscious choices and sheer luck—all of these played a role in the unlikely survival of Szpilman and the fate of hundreds of thousands of other Jews under Nazi control in Warsaw.

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During the first half of the 20th century, Polish-born Jewish artist Arthur Szyk raised his pen against antisemitism and Nazi tyranny, using his artwork in leading magazines and newspapers to push for international intervention to end the Holocaust.